Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 04:19:11 +0200 From: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New/Updated port Message-ID: <5376C71F.90604@sorbs.net> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1ua7P2TB7tYMp=c=cet9oWFkM6=epMdkS%2Bt2x8L=vL=gw@mail.gmail.com> References: <53763B1A.2020007@sorbs.net> <CAN6yY1ua7P2TB7tYMp=c=cet9oWFkM6=epMdkS%2Bt2x8L=vL=gw@mail.gmail.com>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: > > I think the answers to all of this arre found in the Porter's Handbook. > > Submit a PR (using either the send-pr command or the web page > (http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html) > > Set the PR as an "Update" OOps put it as 'maintainer update' rather than 'update' ... is that wrong or is it as good as? > > Make the subject one that makes it clear that the PR is an update to a > new version of the port > > The format of the content of the "fix" depends on its size. The > Porter's Handbook discusses this. I just linked my URL rather than trying to persuade my browser to 'shar' it... > > If the maintainer does not respond in a couple of weeks, you might > want to raise the topic on ports, but ports committers are seriously > backlogged, so, even if the maintainer approves the fix (or a modified > version of it), it may take a while to get it committed. (Maintainers > generally are NOT committers.) No worries, thanks for the pointer. Michelle -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/
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